Baby&#39;s shirt



April 16, 1935. J. M. AUSTIN 1,998,040

BABYS SHIRT Filed Oct. 12, 1935 2 Sh eets-Sheet 1 I I I I 3mm April 16, 1935.

J, M. A(USTIN 1,998,040 I BABY s SHIRT I 'Filed on. 12, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 16, 1935 ult mo-EST TES PATENT omc-E la e My invention pertainsto an improvement in infants wearing appareL arid more particularly to an upper :garment whichhas incorporated within its supports for a diaper or abdominal 5 covering, by means of tabs fastened-on themner side of the garment. I

My invention comprises a coat-like garment, made of cloth, knittedffabric or similar material, which combines among other; desirable features that of furnishing warmth tof-the infants body, as" well as effective supports for 'adiaper.

*Heretofore, fastenings, such asf" safety pins;

have been used toifasten the upperg'arment and the diaper together, the former through such repeated fastenings becoming mutilated by tearing or other injury'jwhere the pin was fas tened to it. Further, within the area where the actual fastening took'placafa substantial portion of the upper garment remained against the diaper and was heldthere' by the means of fastening the two together. The diaper, upon becoming wetted'; andloeing 'composed' of an absorbent material," acted very much-like awick to transfer the wetting to the outer portion ofthe diaper, which-included-the'area immediately surrounding the fastening means which attached the diaper to the upper garment. 'Due'to the fact that. the upper garment was fixedly'held against the diaper, the wetting was carried from the latter'tothe'-former'by direct absorption, which resulted in the discoloring of the upper garment and rendered its further use objectionable. I V

A still further disadvantage with the old meth- -,od of fastening the upper and lowergarments together occurred when the twowere pinned together, as the backportion of the upper-garment would not "snugly fit the infants body because when' the front was drawn together, the diaper fastening prevented any pull exerted 1 onthe'front portion from affecting the garment behind this fastening. Unless the garments were repinned, an opening "might remain at the back and allow drafts to reach theinfantsbody;

Among other things; my invention overcomes the disadvantages with garments heretofore used.- f The tabs on the'inner portion of "my" im-' proved garment are of a special construction, so that they will resist to a maximum degree the mutilation occurring from constantly fastening pins therein. The main body of the garment, in addition to being saved from mutilation by constant repinning is also kept out of direct contact with the diaper to prevent its absorption of wetting. Further, the tabs are so designed that after fastening the garment may be snugly drawn around the infants body to provide a satisfactory dressing.

Other features of my invention. will become apparent from the following description thereof,

which description refers to the accompanying drawings. The essential characteristics of the invention are summarized in the claims.

Referring now tothe'drawings, Fig. 1' is a partial view of an infant with my improved garment thereon, the tabs of which garment are fastened to a diaper or abdominal covering; Fig.- 2 i's'a fragmentary view of my garment, which shows the tabs, as well as the means of fastening the tabs to the underpart of the junction'between the sleeve-and the body proper; Fig. 3 is a developed viewfof the body of my garment before the back and front portions have been connected by shoulder seams andbefore the sleeveshave been added; Fig. 4 is a section on a larger scale'ta-ken lengthwise through one ofthe garment tabs, as indicated by the line4 4 -on Fig. 2; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are transverse sections through a tab, as indicated by the corresponding lines on Fig.2.

My improved garment is shown in Fig. 1, as placed upon an infants body. Thus, in the drawings, l represents the. torso of' an infant and H my improved garment placed'thereon, which is preferably a knitted fabric, but may be of other cloth. While the garment is shown as open; it may be closed at theirorit and held closed by tie-strings L2, which are fastened to the garment 'II by: any suitable means. Tabs 14 are sewedalong their upper portion to the inner face of the garment H, and at their lower end hang loosely from the garment to allow 'their'being pinned to the diaper l by pins- 16, or other suitablehfastening means. p p

'A novel feature of my invention comprises a pair of tabs secured for some distance to the inner face of the garment directly beneath the res'pectivearm holes'and having lower portions free from the, garment but terminating some distance above the bottom of the garment. Referring to 'Fig. 2, each tab consists of two portions, I la an'd l4b. A sleeve I! of the garment is fastened to the body portionby seams I8, these seams intersecting one another at the bottom portion of the sleeve fastening, and at this point are overlapped by the upper ends of the tab 7 Ma. A further reenforcement to the seam between the sleeve and the body portion is eifected by sewing the upper portion of the tab to the sleeve and the body at the point where they intersect; This buttonhole stitching, which is indicated by I9, in addition to extending across the It should be noted that the portion Ma of the tab contains only two thicknesses of cloth, whereas the portion Mb contains three. Referring to Fig. 4, the cloth forming the sleeve is indicated at IT, and is joined to the body H of the garment by stitches l8 and i9. The body portion l,l ends at the bottom in a binding seam '22. Portion Ma of the tab i5 comprises two strips of cloth 23 and 24, both of which extend the full length of the tab. In addition to the strips 23 and 24, th'e'bote tom portion Mb of the tab has a third strip 25, which is mounted on the back of the tab between the tab and the body II. The inner strip 23 is preferably composed of a closely-woven, comparatively inelastic cloth, which contributes firmness to the tab and resists mutilation upon constant repinning. I 7,

Figs. 6 and '7 clearly show the double thickness of the tab !4 at its upper portion, where it is fastened to the body H, and the triple thickness of the tab at its lower portion where it hangs free. It should be noted that-in addition to buttonhole stitches i9 and Making the tab edges, single.

stitches and 21 have been added to provide further strength. 1

A manner of assembling the sleeve, the body portion and the upper part ofthe tab to provide a neat appearance will now be described. Figob shows two cloth portions comprising part of the sleeve 51 and bound together by a stitch 28. These two portions are overlapped at their outer edges by the cloth forming the body portion I l, and together with the two strips 23 and 24 of the tab are firmly sewn together. r

With the exception of the sleevesthemselves the entire garment is shown in assembly in Fig. 3. Here the tie strings 52 are clearlyv shown, as well as the means by which they arefastened to the body I! of the garment. Although the garment here pictured is adapted to be closed to form a so-called double-breasted?front, it is, of course, apparent that any suitable manner of closing the, garment is permissible- The open portions 29 are adapted to fit the sleeve and to permit its mounting in the garment. I

It will be seen that I have invented a novel form of infants garment, which. overcomes toa marked degree defects of former garments for the same purpose. By the use of my tabsto fasten the diaper to the'garment, among other advantages mutilation of the garment proper is avoid.- ed, discoloration of the garment through'wettmg is avoided and the garmentv is allowed to be snugly drawn around the body of: the infant.

Having described my inventioirlclaim;

1. An infantis garment, includingo'n theinside thereof tabs to support an uhdergarment, said tabs comprising two portions, an upper portion sewed to said garment and a lower'portion. depending freely from the garment, said upperpcrtion having an outer covering, and an inner liningbetween said outer portion and. said garment of a stronger and less elastic material. than said outer covering, said outer covering and said inner lining being extended to form the lower portion of said tab, said lower portion having a third element covering that face of the lining which is adjacent the garment but not attached thereto.

2. An article of infants apparel, including a coat-like garment made of woven fabric, opening at the front, tie strings to hold said garment closed, sleeves in said garment and two tabs on the inner side of said garment, each of said tabs comprising an upper portion sewed to said garment at the junction of one of said sleeves with said garment, said upper portion depending from one of the sleeve seams and sewed to said garment, together with a lower portion of said tab hanging free from said garment to provide a diaper fastening, each of said tabs comprising at its upper portion an outer covering of thesame material as said garment and an inner lining of a stronger and less elastic material than said garment, saidinner lining and outer covering being extended to form part of said lower portion, said lower portion having a third element of the same material as said garment, and said lining being included between said third element andsaid outer covering.

3. An infants upper garment, in the form of an open coat, having a sleeve meeting said coat in a sleeve} seam and having on the inside thereof supportingtabs for a lower garment terminating at and being sewed to said sleeve seam and along part of their vertical length to said garment to effectively support said tabs without extending said tabs over the shoulder of; saidcoat, said tabs having a reinforcing lining joined with 'said sleeve seam and underlying said tab.

4. In. an infants coat-like garment, made of given fabric and includingsleeves therein a pair of tabs on the inside thereof, each fastened toand depending vertically from the bottom edge of the seam joining one of said sleeves in said coat, said tabscomprising an outer covering of the same material as said coat, and an inner lining. between said garment and said cover stronger than said garment material, said lining and said covering being sewed along their verticaledges for the greater partof their length to said garment, the lower remaining portion of'said lining and said covering hanging free of said garment to provide a support for a lower garment.

5-, An infants upper garment having on its inner face andat thesides thereof continuous tabs extending .vertically downward from the armholesandterminating above the lower edge of the garment, each tab being anchored at its upper end at the lower edge of the armhole and having itsupper portion comparatively narrow and its'lower portion comparatively wide and free from the garment, thenarrowportion being stitched at its vertical edges to the garment continuously from the lower edge of the arm-- hole to said wide portionof the tab, whereby the diaper may be overlapped by the shirt and supported by it without. direct attachment to it.

JENNIE M. AUSTIN. 

